The Equalizer Season 3 Episode 10: The Rehearsal
Aired on CBS: December 2, 1987
Directed by: Alan Metzger
Written by : Robert Eisele
Featuring: Chris Cooper! Jennifer Van Dyck, George Morfogen, Ned Eisenberg, Sharon Chatten
The Equalizer show takes the Broadway musical Phantom of the Opera (which debuted the year before) and makes it its own. No, none of the singing, nor any emotional complexity nor any sentiment of who's the real monster nor any nuance in general. But it does have a deformed guy terrorizing a Broadway theater. And instead of a chandelier crashing there's Molotov cocktails. And the original didn't have any mention of freebasing cocaine explosions, so this episode rights that wrong. It's a bona fide bottle episode and wild wild ride. Come for the recap, stay for our deep dives into Phantom, its themes and legacy, and how well it fits into The Equalizer mold. That's all I ask of you.
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